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Altar of Aurelius Rufus from Romula

Sandstone altar from Romula, Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Rufus ex voto, with the busts of Sol and Luna flanking the text.

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Two-bull fragment from Romula

Marble relief fragment from Romula, Dacia, showing traces of two bulls; the Mithraic attribution is uncertain.

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Altar fragment from Romula

Marble altar fragment from Romula, Dacia, with only the letters DE carved out, tentatively supplemented as De[o Soli invicto]; the attribution is questionable.

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Sol bust corner from Cinçsor

Left upper corner of a marble tauroctony relief from Cinçsor, Dacia, preserving the bust of Sol with a whip and underneath it the head of a torchbearer.

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Marble reliefs from Cinçsor

Group of unpublished marble reliefs found in 1906 at Cinçsor on the right bank of the river Alt, Dacia, probably associated with a Mithraic sanctuary.

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White marble tauroctony from Vintu de Jos

White marble tauroctony relief found in the river Mureș at Vintu de Jos near Apulum, Dacia, around 1859, depicting the bull-slaying with the full iconographic programme.

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Dedication to Deo Bono Puero Phosphoro from Apulum

Inscription from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Deo bono puero Phosphoro — the Good Boy who Brings Light — a Mithraic epithet attested in several inscriptions from Apulum.

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Marble altar from Apulum

Marble altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated with leaf ornaments at the top and rosettes between leaves on the sides, bearing an inscription.

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Lost tauroctony relief from Apulum

Lost tauroctony relief from Apulum, Dacia, formerly at the Palace of the Prince at Alba Julia, recorded only in early modern sources.

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Altar with rose and bull's head from Apulum

Lost limestone altar from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the sides with a rose and serpent, on the reverse with a bull's head; the front bears a Mithraic inscription.

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Torchbearer head from Apulum

Sandstone head in Phrygian cap from Apulum, Dacia; probably belonging to a torchbearer or Attis.

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Base with Mithras riding the bull from Apulum

Limestone base from Apulum, Dacia, decorated on the front with Mithras riding the bull to the right while holding an upraised torch — the tauriphoros riding type, distinct from the tauroctony.

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Note on possibly non-Mithraic inscriptions from Apulum

Author's observation that several inscriptions from Apulum, Dacia (CIL III 1096, 1095, 1154, 1002) may belong to a sanctuary of Diana rather than to a Mithraeum.

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Altar of Gaius Herennius Ermes to Cautes from Apulum

Inscription from a house wall at Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Cautes by Gaius Herennius Ermes.

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Marble tauroctony from Apulum

White marble tauroctony relief from Apulum, Dacia, depicting Mithras killing the bull in a grotto with dog and serpent; formerly in a private collection in Budapest.

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Marble base for Fons Aeternus from Apulum

Large marble base from near Kutyamál at Apulum, Dacia, dedicated ex iussu dei Apollinis and naming the Fons Aeternus — the eternal spring — by Ulpius Proculinus, speculator of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Base with Bacchic vine from Apulum

Limestone base from near the Kutyamál vineyard south of the fortress at Apulum, Dacia, decorated with Bacchic vine scrolls and grapes at the top.

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Altar of Quintus Caecilius Laetus from Apulum

Slab from Apulum, Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto by Quintus Caecilius Laetus, legatus Augusti of Legio XIII Gemina.

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Altar of Aelius Gordianus from Apulum

Limestone capital reused as an altar at Apulum, Dacia, its top scraped off, bearing a dedication to Soli Mithrae by Aelius Gordianus.

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Torso with bull's head from Apulum

Limestone statue torso from the Mithraeum at Apulum, Dacia, found with the preceding piece, depicting a person in Oriental dress carrying a bull's head in his left hand; head, arms, and legs are lost.

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